Physical biology in cancer. 4. Physical cues guide tumor cell adhesion and migration

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Stroka, Kimberly M ^a,b   Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Extravasation; Matrix stiffness; Three dimensional migration; Tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; ENDOTHELIUM; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MECHANICS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CELL ADHESION; VASCULARIZATION;

CELL ADHESION; EXTRAVASATION; MATRIX STIFFNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MIGRATION; TUMOR METASTASIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84892566999     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00289.2013     Document Type: Article

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